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单词 peepholes
释义

peephole

noun

peep·​hole ˈpēp-ˌhōl How to pronounce peephole (audio)
: a hole or crevice to peep through

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Milky Way’s stars are very sparse in the target region, allowing Hubble to probe the cosmic abyss like a viewer peering through a peephole. Fabio Pacucci, Scientific American, 15 July 2022 Under the alias Bearsun, Jessy Larios, then 33, ambled from Los Angeles to New York, sweating and chafing and viewing the world through a mesh peephole. Gloria Liu, The Atlantic, 9 July 2022 As Andrews explained on stage: All inspiration really is is a peephole into possibility. David Allan, CNN, 15 June 2022 The door to its backroom had a peephole, marking its origin as a speak-easy, a Prohibition-era underground saloon. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2022 Another door includes a sliding peephole, a telltale speak-easy element. Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2022 The moment is intercut with snippets of footage that include Nacho Vargo, clearly in hiding after the events of Better Call Saul season five and peering through a peephole. Andy Meek, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022 The kitchen is also set up to resemble the one from Monica's apartment, from its lavender walls and robin's egg blue cabinets to the famous framed peephole. Ariana Garcia, Chron, 18 Mar. 2022 The guard instead started shooting through a peephole until the Daltons gave it up and rode off empty-handed. Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1570, in the meaning defined above

peepholes

noun

plural of peephole
as in keyholes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • keyholes
  • pinholes
  • entrances
  • knotholes
  • buttonholes
  • potholes
  • airholes
  • inlets
  • spaces
  • wormholes
  • punches
  • pores
  • vents
  • punctures
  • intakes
  • slits
  • armholes
  • outlets
  • crevices
  • mouths
  • slots
  • pinpricks
  • exits
  • apertures
  • fissures
  • loopholes
  • crannies
  • orifices
  • clefts
  • openings
  • rents
  • tears
  • notches
  • chinks
  • gashes
  • perforations
  • slashes
  • splits
  • rifts
  • ruptures
  • holes
  • breaches
  • cracks
  • cuts
  • breaks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • seals
  • patches
  • plugs
  • barriers
  • obstructions
  • fillers
  • obstacles
  • stoppers
  • fillings
  • fills
  • blockages
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